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s. M. MOSGHGOWITZ ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

No. 111,867. Patented-Feb. .14, 1871.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOHAMU MORITZ MOSOHCOWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. ll l .867, dated Februaryl i, 1671.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SGHAMU M. MOSGH- I COWITZ, of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new andusefnl piece withor'soldered to the presser-foot,

which slips into a groove in the bottom of the foot-stalk.

The parts-which turn the hem are shown at a a, the groove through whichthe hem passes on its way to the needle at b b, and the hole for thepassage of the needle at c.

Atd (Z is shown that part of the presser-foot against which theroughened feeding-surface clamps the cloth. Just in front of the hemmingdevice, and between it and the needle hole, a slot, 6 c, is formed inthe thickness of the presser-foot, extending through the metal of thefoot, and by preference slanting downward toward the needle. This slotlies between the hemmer and the needle-hole, and in such relationthereto that a braid or cord or ribbon passing down through the slotlies on top of the hem that has just been turned by the hemmer andbefore it reaches the needle. As the feed draws the cloth along andturns the hem the braid is laid on the edge fold. forming the hem, andthe needle will pass through both, so that the hem is secured and thebraid stitched down upon it by the sameline of seaming. Under thisconstruction the presser-foot, the hemmer, and the metal surrounding andbounding the needle-hole and the braiding-slot all rise and falltogether under the action of the feeding-surface; or when the foot-stalkis lifted and turned by hand, and when one part is. removed from themachine, all parts go with it.

drawings) are slipped into place in the groove of the foot-stalk theslot 0 will become closed at its side and become an oblong hole, thusguiding braid without any aid from the hand; but the piece of metalwhich is hemmer and presser-foot, and contains the slot and needlehole,may be elongated, so that the slot will lie outside of the grooved armsof the footstalk and will be open at one side. The cord or ribbon willthen have to be held in place by' hand.

Now, the precise man ner of attachmentof the parts described tothe footstalk is not mate rial but all the parts must bein one piece, or securedtogether so that they form one piece and rise and fall together underthe action of the feeding-surface, and the slot for the. braid must bedistinct from the needle hole; but I intend to use different forms ofhemmer,-provided they be attached to the presser-foot, having theindependent slot for the braid and the needle-hole, and be arranged inthe same relationto the slot and needle-hole as described, and shown inthe drawings.

I claim as of my own inventi0n The combined hemmer and braiderconstructed and operating as herein described, all partsof which are inone and move together with the presser -foot under the operation of thefeed-surface, substantially as described. SCHAllI-U MORITZ MOSCHGOWITZ.Witnesses:

' GEo. H. COLLINS, J OHN W. RI'PLEY.

When the hemmer and foot (shown in the.

